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AutoCAD 2 Online Training Course – Advanced 2D

In this 64 hour, online CAD training course, students will learn productivity-enhancing drawing techniques and team-based drawing features. New concepts include: presentation drawing using fills and color, advanced detailing methods using multiple views and layouts, blocks and symbol libraries, and advanced annotation techniques including tables, attributes, and fields. Students will also learn how to add color images to their drawings and work with external references on large scale projects in a team environment..

Students will master these skills through the creation of increasingly complex two-dimensional drawings culminating in a 12 part, multi-file building project containing external references, satellite photographs and hybrid raster images.

Detailed Online Course Description

The course content for level two begins with a series of classic Shaker style furniture drawings from which students will learn techniques for extracting detail drawings through the manipulation of viewports and viewport specific layer controls.

Next the students will create a set of Architectural plan details containing numerous material hatching patterns and will also learn how to work with tables and table styles as they create a custom wall schedule table.

The next project begins with a multi-layout floor plan where the student will learn how to use layer states and viewport controls to display a single drawing in both a construction document and a black line, presentation style. Students will create an architectural symbol library containing blocks of doors and windows which will be used in the floor plan drawing. Door schedules and window schedules will be added and then students will learn how to add data to their blocks in the form of attributes. These attributes will be contained within door, window and room tags which will in turn be used to populate the associated schedules.

After completing the first architectural project, students will learn how to work with AutoCAD’s powerful Dynamic Block Editor which allows the user to assign parameters such as dimensions and visibility states to a block.

The final project spans classes 11 to 16 and revolves around an initial design for a recording studio to be sited on a derelict property on the Toronto waterfront. The student will play the part of several members of a team and will develop the project using external references to divide it into a number of separate files including a site drawing, a shell drawing and 3 separate files for east, west and north wings. The student will learn how to work with and update references and also learn how to work with raster images as they site the building footprint on a scaled satellite photograph and satellite maps.

In the last two classes, students will learn how to create sheet sets to easily plot a cohesive set of drawings from separate files and will also learn how to Publish the drawings in both PDF and DWF formats for sharing information with those who do not have access to AutoCAD.

The video demonstrations for this course were recorded with AutoCAD 2010 as shown in the demonstration video sample at right. All drawing methods shown will work in versions 2008 to 2011.

More Online AutoCAD and Revit Training Courses

AutoCAD 1 Online Training Course – Introductory 2D

AutoCAD 3 Online Training Course – 3D Modeling

AutoCAD 4 Online Training Course – Rendering

AutoCAD Architecture 1 Online Training Course – Residential Buildings

AutoCAD Architecture 2 Online Training Course – Commercial Buildings

Revit Architecture 1 Online Training Course – Introductory Features

Revit Architecture 2 Online Training Course – Advanced Features